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1,000 feet of places where children congregate. in zack's case, this means he would be forced to move to another town. >> if zachary has to move, i'm going to go with him. i don't know where we'd go. i don't want that to happen, but he's my son. >> how do you think he'll take it if he's convicted? >> hornnestly, i'm afraid he'llo something to harm himself. i don't think he'll be able to handle it. his best way out, in his eyes, i think would be he'd -- he doesn't want to live then. i'm not saying zack should be, you know, totally off the hook for this at all. put him on probation. you know, if...

So the age of consent to have sex and the age when someone is considered an adult varies from state to state. right now we're in the state of wisconsin, and we're about to meet a young man who is facing felony criminal charges for having sex with a 14-year-old freshman when he was a 17-year-old senior in high school. >> all right, zack. here we go, man. let's go, zack. there we go. good job. >> this is 18-year-old zack. he's a high school senior and a member of his varsity cheerleading squad in the suburbs of milwaukee. how would kids in school describe you? >> athletic, outgoing, funny. >> wo...

>> are you serious? >> so what have you been charged with? >> second-degree sexual assault of a child. >> and when you heard that, how did you feel? >> my heart dropped. i still think that this is all just a nightmare. >> when police came knocking, zack was home alone and waived his right to an attorney. an officer questioned him for ten minutes before booking him into milwaukee's county jail where zack was finally allowed to call his mother, carrie. >> tell me about how you found out about the incident. >> my husband and i were coming back from a baseball game and i got the phone call. he jus...

His mother, carrie, on edge. how has all this affected zack as far as you've been able to tell? >> right now he's suffering inside. he won't tell me but i know he is. i've gotten calls from the school. he'll break down. he'll want to come home from school. he doesn't want to go to school. i want to tell zack that everything's going to be fine, you know, that you're going to be able to go into the military. you're going to be able to go into school. you're going to be able to fulfill all your dreams. you know, you're going to have a family someday. but i have absolutely no clue what's going to ...

He kept talking about it's going to be fine. i kept saying i don't know. then we walked upstairs to my aunt's, and he picked me up and carried me to my aunt's room. >> was there anything else he did physically or forcefully to you during this encounter? >> no. >> i don't have any other questions. >> cross. >> thank you, your honor. your mom and dad tell you all the time that they're very proud of you. >> yes. >> and that makes you feel good. >> yes. >> and you knew when they found out that you had sex with zack, you were going to get into trouble that you couldn't even imagine. >> yes. >> so u...